The Tailor of Gloucester
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Strangeways and Sons, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Privately printed. Bound in original pink paper-covered boards, stamped in black with vignette of three mice sewing on the front cover. Very Good, with some foxing and browning to covers,small bump with some creasing near spine, foxing to text block edge and offsetting to endsheets, else a rather nice and neat copy. (Quinby 3.).
Synopsis
The Tailor of Gloucester is a children's novel by Beatrix Potter that was first published in October 1903. The story tells of a group of mice helping a tailor finish his work in time for Christmas. It is traditionally read to children on Christmas Eve, just before bed time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140937633
- Title
- The Tailor of Gloucester
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Strangeways and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....